Syawal Rice Recipe(Malaysian Recipe) |
Ingredients: Serves 4-6 |
1kg basmati rice, washed and drained 5 tablespoons ghee (clarifed butter) 4 cloves 4 cardamoms 6-cm length cinnamon stick 2 star anise ½ teaspoon cumin seeds (jintan putih) 100g Masoor dhall, soaked for 30 minutes and drained 100g Mung dhall, soaked for 30 minutes and drained 100g Urad dhall, soaked for 30 minutes and drained 1.5 liters water Fried cashew nuts for garnishing Sliced: 1 onion, peeled 3 cloves garlic, peeled 4-cm knob ginger, peeled Finely ground: 5 onion, peeled 4 cloves garlic, peeled 4-cm knob ginger, peeled |
Method: Heat the ghee in a pan over medium heat. Fry cloves, cardamoms, cinnamon stick, star anise and cumin seeds until fragrant. Add the sliced ingredients and stir until golden brown. Stir in the ground ingredients and fry for 3 minutes. Add all the dhalls. Stir-fry for 3 minutes and pour in the water. Stir well and transfer all into an electric rice cooker and bring to the boil. Add rice and cook until rice is done. Garnish with fried cashew nuts and serve. Amount of water used to cook the rice would depend on the type of rice used. |
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